5-letter words containing ho
- choux — a cabbage-shaped decoration, as a rosette or knot on a woman's dress, hat, etc.
- chowk — a marketplace or market area
- chows — Plural form of chow.
- cohoe — coho salmon.
- cohos — Plural form of coho.
- dhobi — (in India, Malaya, East Africa, etc, esp formerly) a washerman
- dhole — a fierce canine mammal, Cuon alpinus, of the forests of central and SE Asia, having a reddish-brown coat and rounded ears: hunts in packs
- dhols — Plural form of dhol.
- dhoni — A handcrafted sailboat with a motor or lateen sails, resembling a dhow, that is used in the Maldives.
- dhoti — a long loincloth worn by men in India
- dhows — any of various types of sailing vessels used by Arabs on the east African, Arabian, and Indian coasts, generally lateen-rigged on two or three masts.
- e hoa — friend; pal
- echos — Plural form of echo.
- ephod — (in ancient Israel) a sleeveless garment worn by Jewish priests.
- ephor — (in ancient Greece) one of five senior Spartan magistrates.
- ethos — belief system
- ewhow — an expression of regret or pity
- ghost — the soul of a dead person, a disembodied spirit imagined, usually as a vague, shadowy or evanescent form, as wandering among or haunting living persons.
- ghoti — (rare, jocular) alternative spelling of fish.
- ghoul — an evil demon, originally of Muslim legend, supposed to feed on human beings, and especially to rob graves, prey on corpses, etc.
- ho ho — laughter
- hoagy — a hero sandwich.
- hoard — a supply or accumulation that is hidden or carefully guarded for preservation, future use, etc.: a vast hoard of silver.
- hoare — Sir Samuel John Gurney [gur-nee] /ˈgɜr ni/ (Show IPA), 1st Viscount Templewood [tem-puh l-woo d] /ˈtɛm pəlˌwʊd/ (Show IPA), 1880–1959, British statesman.
- hoars — Plural form of hoar.
- hoary — gray or white with age: an old dog with a hoary muzzle.
- hoast — (dialectal) A cough.
- hoban — James, c1762–1831, U.S. architect, born in Ireland: designed the White House.
- hobbs — a city in New Mexico.
- hobby — an activity or interest pursued for pleasure or relaxation and not as a main occupation: Her hobbies include stamp-collecting and woodcarving.
- hobit — (military, historical) A small mortar on a gun carriage, in use before the howitzer.
- hobos — Plural form of hobo.
- hocks — Plural form of hock.
- hocus — to play a trick on; hoax; cheat.
- hodad — a nonsurfer who spends time at beaches masquerading as a surfer.
- hodge — a typical name for a farm labourer; rustic
- hodja — A Muslim schoolmaster.
- hoers — a long-handled implement having a thin, flat blade usually set transversely, used to break up the surface of the ground, destroy weeds, etc.
- hofei — Hefei.
- hofer — Andreas [ahn-drey-uh s] /ɑnˈdreɪ əs/ (Show IPA), 1767–1810, Tyrolese patriot.
- hoffa — James Riddle [rid-l] /ˈrɪd l/ (Show IPA), ("Jimmy") 1913–75? U.S. labor leader: president of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters 1957–71; disappeared 1975.
- hofuf — a city in E Saudi Arabia.
- hogan — Ben, 1912–97, U.S. golfer.
- hogen — strong beer or liquor
- hoggs — Plural form of hogg.
- hoggy — (of character) hoggish.
- hogue — a roadstead off the NW coast of France; naval battle, 1692.
- hoick — Lift or pull abruptly or with effort.
- hoise — to hoist.
- hoist — to hoist.